Manual build

Tips, Tricks, Caveats

VGA connector

Like all devices derived from the Allwinner A10 reference board, this device does not have DDC support on its VGA connector, even though its connector is blue.

FEL mode

Forget it. There seems to be no USB device or OTG port available, so our lack of any buttons apart from power is not the only stumbling block to get to FEL mode.

Adding a serial port (voids warranty)

DEVICE UART pads

The UART is easy to spot on the mainboard and just needs some jumperwires soldered on.

Device disassembly

This set-top-box is trivially disassembled by removing some screws.

Locating the UART

The uart pads are located between the power-button and the ram chips. The top pin is Vcc and should not be connected. The bottom pin is obviously ground. The second pin from the top is TX. Just solder on some wires and attach a UART-USB module as described in our UART howto.

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Also known as

This device carries a big "tvpad3" logo on the top, but there are no known clones so far.